This simple dessert is prepared in the whole country, with some versions. Its base has two ingredients: cheese and sweet. People from the city of Buenos Aires, called it the vigilante dessert and there are fans of sweets of quince as well as sweet potato. The ideal cheese is the pategras, which enhances flavors, although many prefer with Cuartirolo cheese.
for 6 portions
| 500 g. | FRESH CHEESE (CUARTIROLO OR CREAMY) |
| n/a | CAYOTE SWEET |
| n/a | QUINCE IN SYRUP |
| n/a | SWEET POTATOES IN SYRUP |
| 500 g. | SWEET POTATOES CANDY |
Cut in a neat and even way cubes of 1 cm. by side of sweet potato paste and fresh cheese. They must have the same size as to form a checkerboard. Interpose sweet and cheese in the dish. Process till getting a purée with quince and sweet potatoes syrup. Place it in a piping bag. Decorate making points of the different purées. In the checkerboard’s vertex put a bit of cayote sweet, like a petal
Itis believed that the name of this dessert was born in times where, at each corner there was a public servant who was part of the quarter. Kids in the block called him: “vigilante, “barriga picante” (spicy stomach), and it is said that when this men in uniform was very hungry, as not to interrupt his guarding hours, ate a portion of this cheese and sweet.
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